Principal Network Engineer: Secure, Hybrid Cloud Leader

Leonardo UK Ltd; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Private healthcare

Mental health support

Learning & development

Bonus scheme

Flexible benefits

Referral program

Job summary

Leonardo UK is hiring a Principal Network Engineer to lead design, delivery and security across on‑premise, hybrid, and cloud networks. You will act as the technical authority, mentor peers, and own the delivery within defined work packages.

The role blends hands‑on engineering with technical leadership in a hybrid UK setting (Bristol). CCNP-level or equivalent certifications and experience with SDN/SD-WAN, AWS/Azure, and security tooling are highly valued.

Qualifications

• Extensive networking expertise across LAN/WAN, cloud, security, or SDN.
• Hands‑on with secure-by-design network solutions and delivery ownership.
• Ability to balance engineering with technical leadership and ownership.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, and hybrid networking.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical authority across networking domains.
• Lead design and implementation of secure networks across on‑premise, hybrid, and cloud environments.
• Capture and analyse complex requirements to shape high/low level designs.
• Embed secure-by-design principles across network solutions.
• Own delivery within work packages, including planning and estimation.

Skills

BGP

OSPF

MPLS

VPNs

QoS

IPsec

MCLAG

Cisco

Palo Alto

Fortinet

Cloud networking

AWS

Azure

Python

Ansible

Terraform

SDN/SD-WAN

SIEM/SOC

Education

CCNP certification

Tools

Cisco

Dell

Palo Alto

Fortinet

Job description

Leonardo UK is hiring a Principal Network Engineer to lead design, delivery and security across on‑premise, hybrid, and cloud networks. You will act as the technical authority, mentor peers, and own the delivery within defined work packages.

The role blends hands‑on engineering with technical leadership in a hybrid UK setting (Bristol). CCNP-level or equivalent certifications and experience with SDN/SD-WAN, AWS/Azure, and security tooling are highly valued.